"Engineering a path for the future"
Heres an initiative worth following up for some (all) of our educational organisations and many others besides. An entry posted by Vint Cerf on the Google Blog about 'grand engineering challenges for the 21st century'. The National Academy of Engineering has assembled a panel of experts to figure out what these challenges may be and the result will be listed on the Web on February 15th, when we (the public) will get a chance to comment on this list. You can post your thoughts prior to that here. Having had a look at the people on the committee, it is being driven strongly from an engineering/science perspective (not surprising really). I hope they can think beyond the hard science to social, cultural and behavioural issues that are just as important. Cheers, Jerry.
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